Wee!!! Got my new roomba!!

[jah]

ROOMBA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roomba

so ups was by today...
i undid the box, set-up, hit start. it started in the main room and surprisingly was quite complete. it was kinda funny to see how it handled the stairs but it did not take the tumble. actually it seemed better than expected and emulated the movement a human would use to vacuume the room.

it got into the office and had a time dancing with the network cables but navigated through it just fine but left the wire in a ball.

in a relatively complex house, with stuff all around it managed to cover the whole floor. when its time was up it went clear across the house to find its charger pad and beeped shut-dwn.

the best thing about it is like my macbook-pro it has a gently flashing led but it says CLEAN

 

[mynameis]

Have you named it yet?

 

[jah]

no i have not gave it a name
but it would we worth the effort, a name would apply

hmmmmm...

 

[Audio.Trench]

I think you should post a video of it in action.. We, The People demand it!

 

[iWhat]

Have you trained it to go on the newspaper yet?

 

[mac0s9user]

I think you should post a video of it in action.. We, The People demand it!

Here Here!

On a side note this subject line seems vaguely familiar....
http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107755

 

[CL33Zero]

That is certainly on my wishlist of the future. Until then, I think I will focus on paying for school.

I third the need for a video though

 

[Kash]

I'm pretty sure my cats would attack this thing if it were roaming around the house ;P

 

[Aptmunich]

Excellent.

Now hack it :
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/feature-top-5-roomba-hacks

 

[CL33Zero]

Its against the EULA and we dont support that here. Im going to close this now. ;D

 

[mojonandha]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRobot

wow this company makes a whole lot of awesome things.

 

[Aptmunich]

Its against the EULA and we dont support that here. Im going to close this now. ;D

Read section 18 of the rules:

"Hacking is permitted if there's a serious possibility that your creation might be able to fetch you beer from the fridge."

 

[coach_z]

which model did you get??? there is like thirty different models of the roomba!!!! ive always wanted a dyson, but if i can get one to do it for me that sounds much better
-chris

 

[eric]

my wife would love one of these. we just could never get one to work in our house. we have 7 separate floors (levels) with about 42 or so carpeted stairs.

so, we have a kick butt dyson.

 

[sanity1082]

I'm pretty sure my cats would attack this thing if it were roaming around the house ;P

I think i will get one so the cats can attack it. they are getting a little over weight and can use the exercise.

 

[technologist]

They're cute, but they don't really clean...they just brush up crumbs and stuff. I think they might actually make my allergies worse by stirring up pollen.

 

[y-guy]

We friggin love our Roomba. As for cleaning, it gets the dust bunnies, pet fur and other things off the floor great. I was amazed, and still am, how much pet hair this thing gets out of the carpet everyday.

Our cat and 2 dogs know it running and the cat will stay in the same room as the Roomba, but so far none of them have attacked it I am holding out hope that our new Wire Fox Terrorist will see fit to teach the Roomba who's boss one day.

 

[CL33Zero]

Read section 18 of the rules:

Oh I did. Lol

 

[kmkl]

that thing would not survive in our house. it would choke up by room 2 (of 8/9)

 

[mynameis]

no i have not gave it a name
but it would we worth the effort, a name would apply
.

I hear a majority of owners do name them...I find that odd, but I guess I'll understand if I buy one.